Gunpowder Milkshake – Karen Gillan’s action comedy is great fun September 20, 2021 While she may be better known as a supporting player in the Jumanji and Marvel franchises, Karen Gillan has offered some impressive lead performances on the big screen. She impressed as the director and star of 2018’s overlooked drama The Party’s Just Beginning, and in the David Dastmalchian-written All Creatures Here Below. This week, she [...]
Markets: FTSE 100 slumps to near three-month low September 20, 2021 The FTSE 100 index dipped 0.86 per cent today, closing at 6,904, as financial stocks and mining companies were hammered. The capital’s premiere index fell to lows of 6,828, down 1.6 per cent compared to the previous close, as concerns about inflation spooked investors. Financial stocks led the declines with Prudential down 8.4 per cent [...]
Opinion: Why Derby County’s financial woes show that football is broken and needs fundamental change September 20, 2021 The unfolding disaster at Derby County should never have been allowed to happen, but sadly this is just the latest example of a game that has increasingly allowed itself to lose touch with reality. We have seen the collapse of FA Cup winners Bury and the demise of Macclesfield, while others, such as Wigan and [...]
Craft beer concerns: Carbon dioxide shortages threaten breweries September 20, 2021 Craft beer breweries fear their production may be thrown into chaos by shortages of carbon dioxide. While bigger drinks producers have been able to access CO2 recovery plants, smaller breweries said they were reliant on the main suppliers. One London brewery said it could be forced to halt production if suppliers were forced to prioritise [...]
Aviation industry jubilant as US border opens to vaccinated Brits September 20, 2021 The USA will reopen its border to double jabbed Brits, bringing an 18 month travel ban to an end in a major boost for the UK travel sector. The Whitehouse today confirmed that vaccinated passengers from the European Union and UK will be able to enter the country from November. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who [...]
Raspberry Pi maker attracts £33m in funding round September 20, 2021 The charitable foundation behind the Raspberry Pi, a bestselling, British personal computer, has closed a $45m (£33m) funding round. The Raspberry Pi computer is a small credit-card sized device which enables users to explore python and scratch coding. The foundation which created the product uses trading profits to promote computing. Today’s funding round was led [...]
Joe Biden lifts US travel ban for fully vaccinated UK and EU passengers September 20, 2021 Joe Biden’s White House has confirmed that fully vaccinated UK and EU passengers will be able to travel to the US from November, sending aviation stocks soaring this afternoon. The news sent shares in IAG, owner of British Airways, up by 11 per cent at the close today, while Air France, KLM and Lufthansa are [...]
Kwarteng says government will not bail out energy firms as more collapses expected September 20, 2021 Kwasi Kwarteng has said the government will not bail out collapsed energy firms as global shortages push more suppliers to the brink. The business and energy secretary said “we may well expect to see further companies exiting the market over the coming weeks”, after holding crunch meetings with energy firms today. Wholesale gas prices are [...]
Credit Suisse asks fund investors to foot £145m bill to prevent Greensill folding September 20, 2021 Credit Suisse has riled clients who are already dealing with billions of dollars in losses from its failed supply chain finance (SCF) funds with plans to land them with a further $145m bill this year, some of which will be used to preserve Greensill Capital. It comes after Credit Suisse’s asset management division suspended a [...]
Anxious Andrew to challenge US court’s jurisdiction as daughter gives birth September 20, 2021 Prince Andrew is mulling a 500-mile dash to see his daughter Beatrice, who gave birth to her first child on Saturday, as US lawyers circle the disgraced royal. Buckingham palace has today announced the birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice’s first baby with her husband Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, confirming that the delivery took [...]
